92pp, colour frontispiece; illustrated throughout in mainly black and white. Quarter bound green cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards. 4to. Spine lightly sun-faded with ends rubbed, small tear along rear joint. Boards are lightly soiled with wear along all edges. Corners are moderately rubbed with some loss of paper on all corners. Endpapers are lightly tanned and foxed, previous owners inscription and small drawings on front free endpaper. Internally the pages are considerably tanned with some foxing, primarily at the margins otherwise this is a neat, clean and tight volume. Illustrated throughout in black and white and with four pages of an exciting picture story in colour midway.
The 1940 Jingles Annual is a collection of stories and features based on the weekly paper Jingles.